Tikkun Olam Opportunities at Home

Supporting the Hungry:

“Share your bread with the hungry, and take the wretched poor into your home. When you see the naked, clothe him, and do not ignore your own kin.” Isaiah 58:7

• Donate funds to Community Food Share and/or Jewish Family Service.
• Donate funds or nonperishable food to EFAA (foods in highest need: pasta, rice, canned proteins, cereal).
• Donate funds or food items to Sister Carmen Community Center (foods in highest need: canned meals and fruit, cereal, toilet paper, household cleaning products).
• Donate funds or food items to Our Center (foods in highest demand: bottled water, canned meat, canned fruit, healthy snack items).
• Transfer unused school lunch funds to BVSD families in need.
• Volunteer for a shift or donate funds or supplies at Harvest of Hope Pantry

Supporting Those in Need:

“Your heart shall not be grieved when you give.” Deuteronomy 15:10

• Donate blood in Boulder by making an appointment here: Donate Blood
• Donate to Feed the Frontlines Boulder, a program that funds meals for first responders & healthcare workers by locally-owned Boulder restaurants.
• Volunteer to make face masks for Boulder Valley Women’s Health Center. Or check out the Boulder JCC's Mask and Mask Material Donation Drop-off HERE.
• Donate to There With Care’s COVID-19 Response Fund to provide essential staple items to families facing critical illness.
• Order an item off of Casa de Paz’s Target registry to help immigrants released from the ICE detention center in Aurora and their families.
• Support Bridge House, which runs Community Table, Ready to Work, Path to Home and the Severe Weather Shelter. Email scott@boulderbridgehouse.org to sign up for a safe volunteer slot or to donate supplies (Needed: new to-go containers and men’s white crew socks). Or Order their take and bake meals delivered to your home to support their mission: go to Community Table Take-Bake
• Donate to the Community Foundation’s COVID-19 Response Fund Boulder County.
• Donate funds or supplies to BCAP (unopened cases or multi-packs from big box stores, preferably delivered from the store: tissues, toilet paper, soap, shampoo, other toiletries. No single items).
• For COVID Volunteer opportunities for the City of Boulder, including for human services, the library, parks, or open space: go to CountMeIn.
• Donate funds to Clinica Family Health, a center providing healthcare to the most vulnerable members of our community.
• Consider buying a meal for a healthcare worker or first responder. Have the meal delivered to a local hospital.

Advocacy:

“Tzedek Tzedek Tirdof – Justice, justice you shall pursue, that you may live, and inherit the land which the Lord your God gave you.” Deuteronomy 16:18

• Write a Letter to an elected official about an important issue to you or your family.
  • Send a message to your elected officials about COVID-19 through the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC).
  • Join HIAS’ petition calling on the Department of Homeland Security to protect asylum seekers in the time of COVID-19; Petition HERE
• Start a campaign about an important issue to you or your family. 
  • Create flyers, present via live stream, get in touch with the local newspapers, and/or start a petition.

Supporting Older Adults:

“Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the Lord.” Leviticus 19:32

• Help deliver groceries/run errands for seniors:
  • Volunteer for the Carry-Out Caravan Program – take orders, shop for groceries at King  Soopers and deliver groceries to seniors’ homes: go to Cultivate
  • Volunteer through Har  HaShem 
• Donate funds to Meals on Wheels. 
• Write a Letter or Make a Card:
  • Create and send a homemade card with a personal note inside to someone special and include a smaller blank homemade card and envelope with instructions on how they can “send it forward” to someone else.

Helping the Environment & Working Outside:

“The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and keep it.” Gen. 2:15

• Help the Boulder Jewish Community with their Tu B’Shvat pledge to plant 5780 trees: go to JTree Boulder.
• Plant seeds in small recyclable containers
• Weed out the backyard or apartment complex
• Decorate a compost or recycling bin
• Make seed balls
• Build and/or paint a birdhouse.
• Litter Pick-Up

Helping Your Neighbor (but ask first!):

“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Leviticus 19:9

• Mow their lawn
• Wash their car
• Walk their dog
• Spring Cleaning

This is a list of organizations in Boulder County that need our help. Har HaShem does not endorse these organizations or have existing relationships with all of them.